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Detection of super Earth with water atmosphere
Space science

Detection of super Earth with water atmosphere

Super Earth are planets orbiting a star outside the solar system, with a larger mass and radius than Earth, but smaller than celestial bodies such as Uranus or Neptune.

December 17, 2018
The true size of the Milky Way
Space science

The true size of the Milky Way

Spiral galaxies like our Milky Way are in fact larger than expected, according to a new study by Colorado Boulder University based on data collected from the Hubble Spac…

December 17, 2018
26 new black holes in Tien Nu galaxy
Space science

26 new black holes in Tien Nu galaxy

Thanks to the Chandra X-ray observatory of the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA), astronomers have identified 26 new black hole candidates in galaxies Tien Nu, brin…

December 17, 2018
Witness the 'meal' of the super black hole
Space science

Witness the 'meal' of the super black hole

The Herschel Space Telescope has caused a great surprise for astronomers, when observing the extremely hot air being sucked into a black hole in the center of our Milky…

December 17, 2018
Incidentally the star forms near a black hole
Space science

Incidentally the star forms near a black hole

Thanks to a telescope in Chile, astronomers say they have detected traces of pictorial stars at the edge of a black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

December 17, 2018
Milky Way between the black hole fin
Space science

Milky Way between the black hole fin

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the US have run computer programs on galaxy formation, thus discovering that our Milky Way is probabl…

December 17, 2018
Close up of the Milky Way's
Space science

Close up of the Milky Way's

Some of the Milky Way stars must be 13 billion years old, but the production machine is constantly working to produce new generation of stars.

December 17, 2018
Decoding super-fast stars in 'Ngan river'
Space science

Decoding super-fast stars in 'Ngan river'

Last month astronomers discovered six super-fast stars flying very fast near the black hole in the center of the Milky Way, where the dust density was so great that the…

December 17, 2018
The sparkling beauty of the center
Space science

The sparkling beauty of the center

The central region of the Milky Way appears with subtle colors in a photo taken from the ground by a telescope.

December 17, 2018
7 beautiful phenomena of the sky
Space science

7 beautiful phenomena of the sky

The sky space is vast with countless interesting phenomena and beautiful views, which observers can see with the naked eye or the telescope.

December 17, 2018